CVE-2018-8955

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The installer for BitDefender GravityZone relies on an encoded string in a filename to determine the URL for installation metadata, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing the filename while leaving the file's digital signature unchanged.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8955
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-24T22:29:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-01-25T20:01:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-347 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/347.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:gravityzone:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2018-8955-bitdefender-gravityzone-arbitrary-code-execution/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041940 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/44 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149900/Bitdefender-GravityZone-Installer-Signature-Bypass-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8955
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8955
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:00:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:48:32 2018-10-24T22:29Z 2018-10-24T22:29:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:48:32 2019-01-25T20:01:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:48:32 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated